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Silbernagel, Hilda Marguerite Durnin  21 May 2002   May, 2002   Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  5/21/2002
SILBERNAGEL, HILDA MARGUERITE DURNIN

A resident of Metairie for 11 years, she died of ovarian cancer at 7:45 p.m. 
Saturday, May 18, 2002, at her daughter's home in Slidell. She was 90, a native 
of Kentwood and a former resident of Kenner for 28 years who, after retirement, 
lived in Amite for 12 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 
p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday. Religious services at 
St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. 
Jack Nutter. Interment in Roberts Cemetery, Hillsdale. Survived by her two 
daughters, Dianne S. Daniel, Covington, and Sandra S. Solar, Slidell; a son, John 
Andrew Silbernagel, Jonesboro, Ga.; six grandchildren, Patricia S. Trotter, Andrew 
F. Silbernagel II, William Joseph Silbernagel, Timothy W. Daniel, Christopher W. 
Daniel and J. Richard Parker; three great-grandchildren, Harley Trotter, Carmen 
Trotter and Savannah Silbernagel; and two sisters, Bertha D. Davis and Melba D. 
Smith. Preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Andrew Frederick Silbernagel; 
parents, John and Emma Durnin; a sister, Virgie Mae D. Courtney; and two brothers, 
Raymond E. Durnin and Norman O. Durnin. She was a graduate of Woodland High 
School in Amite. For many years she worked for the campaigns of various non-
profit organizations, including the American Heart Association, American Cancer 
Society, Muscular Dystophy Association and Hemophilia Foundation. She organized 
and managed a campaign for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for six years. She then 
went to the Leukemia Society, where she stayed until her retirement in December 
1978. She was a longtime member of Beta Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Kenner 
Lions Club Auxiliary, Amite Lions Club Auxiliary, Kenner Chapter 2624 of American 
Association of Retired Persons and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. In lieu of 
flowers, enrollment of Masses preferred. 

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